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| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1295673  United States06/15/2012 11:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 1.32E+9 of cesium leaked from decontamination system of Areva [link to fukushima-diary.com] |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1295673 United States06/15/2012 11:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Fukushima worker “Tepco is having difficulty to increase tanks because of poor ground” [link to fukushima-diary.com] ~ Of course. It's fill. Reclaimed from the sea. ~ |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1295673 United States06/16/2012 12:02 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Manhattan Project sites expected to become new national park [link to www.latimes.com] [snip] The bill would designate sites at Los Alamos, N.M., Oak Ridge, Tenn., and Hanford, Wash., as the Manhattan Project National Historical Park. ~ |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 11432405  Sweden06/16/2012 01:47 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Japan decides to restart Ohi nuclear plant The Japanese government has decided to restart the Ohi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan. The government decision came after Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda met Fukui Governor Issei Nishikawa in Tokyo on Saturday. In the meeting, the Fukui governor conveyed his approval for restarting the idled No.3 and 4 reactors at the plant. [link to www3.nhk.or.jp] . |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 11432405 Sweden06/16/2012 01:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Work starts to restart No.3 reactor The operator of the Ohi nuclear plant has begun work to restart the No.3 reactor, following the government decision to restart 2 of its reactors. [link to www3.nhk.or.jp] . |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 11432405 Sweden06/16/2012 01:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Mayors of towns affected by the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi plant have criticized the government's hasty decision to restart the Ohi nuclear plant. [link to www3.nhk.or.jp] . |
| Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1295673 United States06/16/2012 03:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | List of Radiation Radioactive Nuclear Fallout Monitoring Websites Quoting: magonia Want to get your own data about radiation (nuclear fallout). There are several official and independent monitoring sites. This blog post will be continually updated. 41th update: September 12th 2011. Please help to identify new radiation monitoring sites. Thank you. Simple Radiation Dose Calculator: allows to estimate exposer to radiation, a more detailed one can be found at EPA (USA) Radiation Network, USA: independent, monitors currently 14 locations in the USA – three around Seattle, one in California, update every minute USA, EPA, official monitoring sites: Now with a new interactive site to view the collected data: [link to www.epa.gov] You can also create an user account to view data from all their 100 air radiation monitoring stations across the US. Now also with a customer satisfaction survey! USA, Santa Monica, West LA: indpendent source, realtime, live stream video of geiger counter via ustream Hawaii, USA: EPA monitoring data, realtime updated with approximate 1 hour delay Seattle, Richland,Spokane,Tumwater, USA: updated daily Switzerland Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz: Monitors Switzerland with 63 locations across at different hightes, updated daily. Germany Bundesamtes für Strahlenschutz : 1800 monitoring stations across Germany, updated every 24 hrs (Link submitted by: [link to ausbildung.klausbuechi.de] Garching, Munich, Germany: indpendent source, realtime Japan: safecast.com: Largest community of independant monitoring sites with over 500 000 radiation data points across Japan. Japan: Impressive number of monitoring stations visualized by Japanese Institute for Information Design. Also available as a list and in google earth. Updated regularly. Japan: official prefectures monitoring sites, update several times per day, multi language support, graphical historical representation Tokyo, Japan : independent sources, realtime and Mirror Site Chiba, NE Tokyo, Japan: (currently offline) indpendent source, realtime, live stream video of geiger counter via ustream Japan: independent sources, regular update, graphical representation over time Tokyo and Japan: 22 indpendent sources, shared via twitter, link to the data tables, updates at different intervals dependent on source (varies between minutes and hours) Further Sources, Japan plus 1 in Philippines: indpendent sources across Japan are continously coming now online. More and more crowd sourced readings available. Additional sources provided by Ryan and Susan in the Comment Section of this post. Thank you. Other independent source: Follow on Twitter; Japan: in Japanese, over 50 data points, can someone give more detail on update frequency and origion of data ? Japan Map: Showing radiation levels across region and where the data is originated . Article at Science Insider. Indpendent Sources, Japan: Hokkaido, Fukushima, Kyoto, Tokyo, Osaka Japan, Nuclear Safety Division Ministry of Education Cluture Sports Science and Technology Disaster Prevention Network for Nuclear Environment: realtime monitoring, or see google interactive map (The Wall Street Journal) Kita-ku, Tokyo, Japan: Facebook Page, independent source, updated at different intervals Tokyo Radioactive NOW （東京の放射線測定) on Facebook Ibaraki, Japan: independent source, 72 km south of Fukushima Nuclear Plant , updated daily Onagawa, Nuclear Power Plant, Japan: no guidance on update frequency, please advise Fukushima and other Towns in Japan: Tweets on radiation level several times per hour for Aizu-wakamatsu, Minami-Aizu-cho, Minami-soma, Fukushima, Shirakawa, Koriyama, Iwaki Kashiwazaki Kariwa Power Plant, Japan: seven monitoring stations, if you click on the monitoring data over the last five days is shown in diagram, updates every 30 minutes ? (Link submitted by Reinhard – see blog post comment section) Tepco Radiation data Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant : Owner of the Nuclear Power Plant, updated several times per day Gesellschaft für Anlagen u. Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) on radiation emissions from Nuclear Plants in Japan (Fukushima, Onagawa and Tokai): official site, updated at different intervals Tokyo, Japan: independent source, update in average every 30 minutes (Link submitted by Dominik Ratzinger, [link to ratzingeronline.de] Greenpeace, Japan: Past data measured by Greenpeace, no regular update Currenlty offline: Tokyo, Japan: indpendent source, realtime, live stream video of geiger counter via ustream Map of monitoring stations, Japan: 47 official monitoring sites across Japan. Daily upated on situation at [link to www.naz.ch (secure)] Radiation Visualisation, Japan: used data from existing official monitoring sites in Japan to visualize the amount of emitted radiation. Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong Observatory: Official monitoring site, hourly update of the radiation data of the 10 official radiation monitoring sites in Hong. Hong Kong, China: Official monitoring site with 10 radiation monitoring stations across the territory of Hong Kong (incl. Islands), updated daily Russia Offical monitoring sites: needs latest flash player to view (Link submitted by: http)://ausbildung.klausbuechi.de/?p=610 Austria Strahlenfrühwarnsystem Österreich: Official monitoring sites with 100 locations across Austria Serbia Official Monitoring Sites: 15 sites, update every 30 minutes (Link submitted by Siobhán [link to siobhanfaber.blogspot.com] Slovenia, Official Monitoring Sites: Over 70 sites, updated regualar, measurement in Nanosievert EURDEP (European Radiological Data Exchange Platform): Official Monitoring Stations (several hundred) showing radiactivity levels (map) across Europe. (Link submitted by Fred: more details on this exchange platform see comment from Fred in comment section of this post) World Radiation Monitoring Center (WRMC) : retrieval via ftp, no information on update frequency Radiation Nuclear Fallout Volunteer Support Online Network: Connecting people globally who want to support or are supporting during this crisis, such as sharing radiation data or what to do when nuclear fallout comes to their community or help inform people who have no access to internet and to radiation data, etc…. Submitted by Network General Overview of Effects of radiation contamination: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization Advise during nuclear fallout in English and Japanese: no official document, can someone with expert knowledge confirm advise given. Information was compiled from the following books in German by a reader of this post: Thank you. Strohm, H. (1986): Was Sie nach der Reaktorkatastrophe wissen müssen. Frankfurt: Zweitausendeins. v.Lichtenfels, K.L. (2005): Lexikon des Überlebens. Handbuch für Krisenzeiten. Köln: Anaconda. World Nuclear Organisaton Reactor Database: currently 443 nuclear power plant, 62 in construction, 158 in planning status. I wouldnt trust the official line one this matter. Great info! Thanks.  Sharing on fuku thread..  ~ |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 11432405 Sweden06/16/2012 05:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Fukushima evacuees distrust nuclear plant restart People forced to evacuate their homes by the Fukushima nuclear disaster and still living in temporary compounds have voiced strong doubt about the government's decision to restart the nuclear reactors. Many evacuees who lived near the Fukushima Daiichi plant are still in temporary housing in a city in Fukushima Prefecture. [link to www3.nhk.or.jp] . |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 11432405 Sweden06/16/2012 05:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Local governments voice mixed views on restart of nuclear plant The prefectural and municipal governments in the Kansai region voiced mixed views of the government's decision Saturday to restart two reactors at the Oi nuclear plant in Fukushima Prefecture, the first reactors to be reactivated since all reactors in Japan were idled amid concern about their safety following last year's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster. [link to english.kyodonews.jp] . |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 11432405 Sweden06/17/2012 10:25 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Govt criticized over decision to restart reactors Opposition parties have criticized the decision to restart 2 of the reactors at the Ohi nuclear power plant. [link to www3.nhk.or.jp] . |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 11432405 Sweden06/17/2012 08:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Talks on Iran's nuclear program will begin on Monday in the Russian capital, Moscow. It's the third round of talks since April when the negotiations resumed. Taking part are negotiators from the "group of six" -- the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany. EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili will also join the discussions. The two sides remain far apart in their positions. The six countries are demanding that Iran halt its 20-percent enrichment program, which they say can lead to nuclear arms development. [link to www3.nhk.or.jp] . |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 11432405 Sweden06/17/2012 08:16 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Local leaders oppose Ohi restart plan A group of Japanese local leaders is protesting the government's decision to restart a nuclear power plant. The Ohi nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture will be the first to resume operation since all of Japan's reactors were shut down for safety checks. The group of 73 serving and retired mayors held a news conference on Sunday to protest the plan to put the Ohi plant back online. [link to www3.nhk.or.jp] . |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 11432405 Sweden06/18/2012 12:33 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Test to vitrify radioactive liquid waste resumes at Rokkasho plant Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. said Monday it has resumed a test to vitrify high-level radioactive liquid waste at its spent nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in the village of Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture. [link to english.kyodonews.jp] . |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 11432405 Sweden06/18/2012 12:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Japan failed to use U.S. radiation data gathered after nuke crisis The Japanese government failed to make use of maps showing the spread of radiation in the immediate aftermath of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster, prepared by the U.S. government using data collected by U.S. aircraft, sources familiar with the matter said Monday. The sources said the maps were neither made public nor used for evacuation of residents near the Tokyo Electric Power Co. nuclear plant devastated by explosions in the days after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the area on March 11, 2011. From March 17 to 19, U.S. military aircraft collect radiation data over a radius of 45 kilometers from the plant for the U.S. Department of Energy. The data showed more than 125 microsieverts of radiation per hour being spread about 25 km northwest of the plant, meaning people in the area were being exposed to the annual permissible level within eight hours. [link to english.kyodonews.jp] . |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1294151 United States06/18/2012 12:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Radiation survey halted at request of Fukushima gov't: researchers Quoting: Anonymous Coward 11432405 A survey on local residents' exposure to radioactive iodine was abruptly halted at the request of the Fukushima prefectural government just weeks after the nuclear crisis was triggered by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster, a team of researchers said Thursday. The team led by Shinji Tokonami, a professor at Hirosaki University's Institute of Radiation Emergency Medicine, began the survey in April last year but ended it after the prefectural government told the researchers that such studies might fuel concern among residents. [link to english.kyodonews.jp] . "such studies might fuel concern among residents" We wouldn't want the locals to know how much deadly radiation they have received during the last 15 months now, would we? Happy thoughts people, happy thoughts. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 11432405 Sweden06/18/2012 04:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Govt. sends vice minister to Ohi nuclear plant The Japanese government has sent a senior official to the Ohi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture to ensure a safe restart of the plant. Senior vice industry minister Seishu Makino visited the plant's off-site emergency response center on Monday. The center is about 7 kilometers from the power station located in the town of Ohi. [link to www3.nhk.or.jp] . |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 5648569 United States06/18/2012 09:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 11432405 Sweden06/19/2012 07:38 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Iran determined to keep enriching uranium Iranian officials say their country will continue enriching uranium up to the 20 percent level. The officials expressed their resolve in the latest round of talks on the country's nuclear program. The first day of a 2-day meeting ended in the Russian capital Moscow on Monday. Participants include Iran's nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili and delegates from Germany and 5 UN Security Council permanent members. EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton is also attending. [link to www3.nhk.or.jp] . |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 11432405 Sweden06/19/2012 07:38 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Govt to review its withholding of radiation maps Science minister Hirofumi Hirano says the government will review its decision last year not to disclose radiation maps provided by the United States. The US government drew up maps based on aerial surveys immediately after the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The documents show high levels of radiation in areas to the northwest of the power station. It provided the maps to Japan on March 18th and 20th last year, but the science ministry and the nuclear safety agency decided not to make them public. [link to www3.nhk.or.jp] . |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 11432405 Sweden06/19/2012 07:39 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Antinuclear protestors and conservationists rallied in Washington on Monday against Japan's approval for resuming two idled nuclear reactors, calling for Tokyo to reverse the decision. The protest in front of the Japanese Embassy in Washington followed similar protests in other countries, including Australia, France, Germany, India, Italy, South Korea and Thailand, according to its organizers. [link to english.kyodonews.jp] . |
| SheldonWare User ID: 18104860 United States06/19/2012 01:06 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| citizenperth User ID: 17980688  Australia06/19/2012 01:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | There is a flash, but I do not see any direct exposure to increased light from the plant. I think what you're seeing is an auto-adjustment of the camera's white-balance mode. Nothing to be concerned about. of course not.. do not be alarmed... 3 nuclear plants +1, and spent fuel, nice weather and a 1-10-100-10-1 on children........ yup.. nothing strange...... my grandmar at 90+ can drive a car........... Last Edited by CitizenPerth™ on 06/19/2012 01:13 PM It's life as we know it, but only just. [link to citizenperth.wordpress.com] sic ut vos es vos should exsisto , denego alius vicis facio vos change , exsisto youself , proprie |
| Deb1964 User ID: 18226686 United States06/19/2012 03:02 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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| SheldonWare User ID: 18104860 United States06/19/2012 08:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | There is a flash, but I do not see any direct exposure to increased light from the plant. I think what you're seeing is an auto-adjustment of the camera's white-balance mode. Nothing to be concerned about. of course not.. do not be alarmed... 3 nuclear plants +1, and spent fuel, nice weather and a 1-10-100-10-1 on children........ yup.. nothing strange...... my grandmar at 90+ can drive a car........... Perhaps your overactive imagination took hold or something for a second and you hallucinated hardcore when you read what I said. I was referring "There's nothing to be worried about" strictly concerning this isolated incident of a camera flash in the video above. As far as fukushima, There's tons to be worried about. Sometimes you have to read a post broadly and between the lines, and a pinch of common sence to add a little flavor, and mix it all up to get tasteful reply. hahaha |
| Southern OR User ID: 7410435 United States06/19/2012 09:21 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Japan officials failed to use US data on spread of Fukushima radiation Japanese authorities failed to disclose U.S. data about the spread of radiation from a crippled nuclear plant last year, leaving some evacuees fleeing in the same direction as the emissions, according to several media sources. News that Japan’s nuclear watchdog and the science and technology ministry sat on the information collected by U.S. military aircraft -- another sign of the chaos at the time — is likely to add to mistrust of nuclear power just days after the government approved the restart of two idled reactors. Japanese Industry Minister Yukio Edano apologized Tuesday for the nation’s failure to make use of the data, according to the Asahi Shimbun newspaper. “It is extremely regrettable that [the information] was not used by the government,” Edano was quoted as saying. “I apologize to the people who were affected.” On March 11, 2011, an earthquake and tsunami devastated the Fukushima nuclear plant north of Tokyo, triggering explosions and meltdowns and causing about 160,000 people to flee the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl in 1986. U.S. aircraft — reports differed on whether they were operated by the military or Department of Energy — gathered radiation data from March 17-19 within a 28-mile radius and found that people in an area about 15 miles northwest of the plant were exposed to the annual permissible level of radiation within eight hours, Japanese media said. A registry created by the Pentagon to gauge U.S. citizens exposure to radiation is set to go online in July after months of delays. U.S. troops wore dosimeters during relief efforts around the disaster zone, and the U.S. took soil and air samples, though no data has been released, despite repeated requests. [link to www.stripes.com] "Well-behaved women seldom make history." —Laurel Thatcher Ulrich I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do. ~Edward Everett Hale |
| Southern OR User ID: 7410435 United States06/19/2012 09:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The above article is for the reference that the US government has not told the Service Members what or how much they were exposed to. "Well-behaved women seldom make history." —Laurel Thatcher Ulrich I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do. ~Edward Everett Hale |
| JDSGUAM2 User ID: 15650562  Guam06/19/2012 09:51 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The above article is for the reference that the US government has not told the Service Members what or how much they were exposed to. Quoting: Southern OR I run a Beach Bar here - and have met a few of the sailors/officers that were actually on the ground/sea back when all this shit started. I kid you not, when I say - all of them (that I spoke with) believe nothing really serious happened - is happening now - and that there is absolutely nothing to be concerned about. It's difficult for me to wrap my head around... |
| Southern OR User ID: 7410435 United States06/19/2012 10:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The above article is for the reference that the US government has not told the Service Members what or how much they were exposed to. Quoting: Southern OR I run a Beach Bar here - and have met a few of the sailors/officers that were actually on the ground/sea back when all this shit started. I kid you not, when I say - all of them (that I spoke with) believe nothing really serious happened - is happening now - and that there is absolutely nothing to be concerned about. It's difficult for me to wrap my head around... I believe it. The more I learn about all governments the more pissed I get. It really doesn't matter what country it is, they do not look out for individuals. "Well-behaved women seldom make history." —Laurel Thatcher Ulrich I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do. ~Edward Everett Hale |
